Petroleum and the Use of Quote Marks
Having recently worked on several documents for clients in the petroleum industry, and in light of the new charges brought against M. Khodorkovsky, a former
April 9, 2010
Translation Studies
Texts have been translated between languages empirically, by hand. This doesn’t mean that people have not spent time reflecting and theorizing on the art of
January 5, 2010
Video Tutorial on Importing Excel Glossaries into Multiterm
I would just like to share this instructional video on generating Mutliterm termbase files from an Excel glossary, which is the most important step in
September 14, 2009
The Peritextual Environment
There is a big difference between competence in a field and encyclopedic knowledge. “Competence in the field” is everything related to the concrete information related
July 24, 2009
Contemporary Theories on Translation: Nida and Steiner
The translation process is defined as the operation of obtaining the closest natural equivalent primarily in terms of meaning as well as the style (attempt
June 26, 2009
Two Different Internal Logics
In English, we use concision (many short words or phrases) as well as an economy of language (fewer words), the preference we demonstrate for the
June 19, 2009
Unit of Translation
Units of translation depend on the text itself, i.e. to what point can I understand the meaning. Both the word and the sentence, the period
May 29, 2009
Translator Training Programs
One of the great difficulties I have encountered in my professional career as a translator was moving from someone who can understand a few languages
May 22, 2009
A Beginning…Cuneiform
Though spoken language has been in existence for tens of thousands of years, it was not until the end of the fourth millennium before the
April 17, 2009
Italian, the Successor of Latin
In the Roman Empire, spoken language (vulgar Latin) differed from written language (literary Latin). Romance languages derive from vulgar Latin, the spoken variety. The language
March 27, 2009
Legal Translations
The following are the most important aspects of legal translations: The might contain the ambiguities that arise from terms, concepts, or institutions that do not
March 23, 2009
What is a calque?
It is a class of loan in which phrase is borrowed from another language, but each of the elements of the phrase are translated. This
March 6, 2009
